r/canadaguns 4d ago

Misc “Men don’t wear pistols in Canada!”

The photographic, archaeological & written evidence seems to suggest otherwise.

Don‘t even make me delve into the first legislation against firearms ownership which dominion of Canada implemented and where those laws applied and who they were used against.

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u/DonAzuld 4d ago

They should have just stayed inside and phoned the police.

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u/Borealbound 4d ago

Claim jumpers will fuck your shit up. 

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u/infinus5 3d ago

i am not 100% sure on when the law changed but not long ago claim jumping was still considered a serious enough offense that people could be shot over it (it was considered a grand theft or similar crime).

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u/Borealbound 3d ago

Should be treated the same way as horse theft. 

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u/infinus5 3d ago

in the cariboo rush Judge Begbie (the Hanging Judge) would have put you in the stockade for horse theft and confiscation of claims or possessions for claim jumping.